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MSP for North East Scotland (Region) 2021 - present day
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25 April 2023 - 25 September 2024
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25 April 2023 - 16 November 2023
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01 February 2023 - 25 April 2023
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22 September 2021 - 25 April 2023
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023
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These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.
Chamber meeting date: 19 December 2024
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers has highlighted that more than 200,000 jobs have already been lost across the offshore oil and gas industry in the past decade…
Chamber meeting date: 18 December 2024
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "The minister will be aware that NatureScot estimates that an increase of 50,000 in the national cull of deer each year will be needed to meet the targets in the Scottish biodiversity strategy…
Chamber meeting date: 13 December 2023
4. Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to develop a wealth tax. (S6O-02873)"
Chamber meeting date: 12 December 2023
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "I thank Kaukab Stewart for securing the debate to enable us, as a Parliament, to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…
Chamber meeting date: 23 November 2023
Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab): "Constituents who work in modern languages at the University of Aberdeen have contacted me about the university management’s plans to withdraw honours degrees in languages, cultures and societies…
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Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Result 96 for, 0 against, 21 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 16, 2024
Supported by: John Swinney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Result 111 for, 0 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Supported by: Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 28 against, 21 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 9, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 94 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Result 73 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Mercedes Villalba has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 20 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to establish a Peace Institute in Scotland and its ongoing work funded through its international development fund, whether it (a) has supported and (b) plans to support peacebuilding initiatives in Colombia."
Answer expected on 17 January 2025
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when Regional Marine Plans will be developed for the remainder of the Scottish Marine Regions."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish Regional Marine Plans for existing Marine Planning Partnership areas."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20143 by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023, whether it anticipates any further delays to the implementation of fisheries management measures for both offshore and inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Priority Marine Features."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 12 December 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to integrate inshore fisheries management with regional planning."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 19 December 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether the Scottish Parliament has ever flown the flag of Palestine to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November."
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 12 January 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 14 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether the Scottish Parliament will fly the flag of Palestine to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November 2024."
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 12 January 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of the reported 26% real-terms reduction to SEPA's funding since 2010-11 on the agency’s ability to carry out its statutory duties."
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 January 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 13 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns from environmental third sector organisations that a real-terms reduction in funding to environmental agencies could lead to Scotland failing to meet environmental and biodiversity targets."
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 January 2024
Asked by: Villalba, Mercedes, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 15 December 2023
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-01318 by Humza Yousaf on 7 September 2022, whether it expects patient satisfaction results in the Health and Care Experience Survey 2023-24 to have improved for any GP practices in Aberdeen that had results below the national average in the 2021-22 survey."
Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 January 2024
See all of Mercedes Villalba's questions submitted in Parliament